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As Inoted after the Emmys, awards shows actually dobenefit from having hosts.
Are Fey and Poehler the only people on Earth who are good at hosting awards shows?
But Fey and Poehler are the established bests at it.
(You read that correctly.
Hosting again in 2021 will be a major moment for them.
Co-hosts need to have chemistry and a similar sensibility, and Poehler and Fey have an abundance of both.
They also know how to make cynical cracks about the industry without alienating the members of that industry.
That doesnt mean they go easy on their peers.
The year after that, Fey essentially called Joaquin Phoenix a hypocrite without specifically using that word.
she said in the opening monologue, waving at Phoenix, who stood up and waved back.
That was a joke aboutThe Wolf of Wall Street.
It works even better as a joke aboutThe Irishman.
Lets have some fun.
Both approaches involve snark, but the latter is somehow snarky and inclusive at the same time.
Look how drunk Glenn Close is, Fey pointed out, to prove their point.
More importantly, Fey and Poehler do all of this efficiently.
were always baked into the existing structure of the ceremony as opposed to appended to it.
But perhaps the greatest assets that Fey and Poehler have is the fact that they are women.
Poehler and Fey have proven more effectively than anyone that their status as slightly lower-class Hollywood citizens i.e.
Or what actresses call being in a movie.
So tonight, herhusbandis getting a lifetime achievement award.
Fey and Poehler even incorporated Weinstein into a bit.
and then at Weinstein.
she asked and the entire room started laughing because Weinsteins reputation around women was an open not-so-secret secret.
Poehler and Fey tip-toed and sometimes stumbled a bit as they tried to deal with situations like these.
Watching what Poehler and Fey do in 2021 will carry even more significance for that reason.
Fairly or not, awards shows have become litmus tests for the film and television business.
